Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food. ...Hippocrates
This article reviews the roles of Chinese medicinal herbs as well as their ingredients in the inflammatory cascade induced by cerebral ischemia.
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A chemical component of licorice may offer a new approach to preventing colorectal cancer without the adverse side effects of other preventive therapies, Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers report.
A drug based on a chemical found in garlic can treat diabetes types I and II when taken as a tablet.
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